The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
Montpelier and Vicinity.

is in town.
f. A. SHERBURNE and family are in camp
at Highgate.
Mrs. NJ. c. K1NsoN is visiting friends in
Melrose, Mass.
No preaching service was held at Bethany
church on Sunday last.
Mrs. CHARLES A. SMITH and daughter
are visiting at Lebanon, n. III.
THREE persons were baptized at the Bap-
tist church on Sunday evening.
PETER MITCHELL is passing a fortnight's
vacation at Falmouth Heights, Mass
Mr.. II. Fl. DEMING has been quite i'll dur
ing the past week, but is now improving.
Mrs. b. NJ. CHAFFEE of Kentucky is WIS.,
iting her mother, Mrs. Wooster Sprague.
A. n. BLANCHARD, photographer. goes
away Thursday morning for weeks stay.
THE regular Sunday services at Christ
church will be omitted during the month of
August
IT is expected that Mr.. Wright will preach
at Wrightsville next Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock
o. j. RICHARDSON of Middlesex is to move
into one of Charles H. Heaths new houses,
81 Barre street
PROFESSOR GEORGE DUDLEY of Boston
has been visiting friends in this vicinity for
few days past.
WILLARD COTTON of Springfield, Mass, is
spending his summer vacation with his par
ents in this place.
ABOUT three hundred fifty persons went
to Providence Island on the excursion last
week Wednesday.
CAMP WATSON will be the headquarters
of Rev. Howard F. Hill and family during
the month of August.
Mrs. A. A. MORRILL, of East Boston, a
friend of the Misses Meinecke, is in town
for the remainder of the summer.
Miss FRANCES HAssETT, a compositor on
the Argus for some time past finished her
work for that paper on Saturday last
HARRY G. DEwING is again member of
the Argus editorial force, having resumed
work on that paper Monday morning.
Mrs. MAJOR II. NJ. PAIGE of Paterson,
New Jersey, has joined her daughter Cora
as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Poland.
Miss MARY A. PHINNEY was detained by
illness from service in her position as con-
| tralto of the Unitarian choir on Sunday last.
Miss E. NJ. b. FELT of Wisconsin, a
teacher in one of the normal schools of that
state, is in town for few days, the guest of
Miss Lucy Taplin.
AN excursion at an early day to Mssis-
quoi Park, Highgate Springs, under the
auspices of the society of St. Augustine S
church, is contemplated.
THERE is talk of giving the interior of the
Church of the Messiah a new coat of paint
The improvement is greatly needed and
will most likely be made.
STILLMAN RUGGLEs Esq, of Boston, who
has been visiting friends in Northfeld
Montpelier and Waterbury, made the
WATCHMAN Office a call Tuesday.
j. A. DEBoER, c. G. King, C. NJ Bennett
Edward Thompson and W. G. Washburne
are at work in the office of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
MONTPELIER has reason to be proud of the
work of her Military Band at the reunion
yesterday 1t reflected the highest credit
upon the organization and upon the town.
AMONG the arrivals at the Pavilion the
past week were Hons S. E. Pingree, T. c
Fletcher and II. l.. Clark, railroad com
missioners. and A. 4. Watson, secretary
Lieutenant-governo Fuller; Misses Viles
Mrs George S. Perry and Anna G. Coburn
of Weston Mass; Mrs. W. S. Whitney and
Mrs w. II. Thompson, Boston. The mum
Der of daily arrivals continues large.
ONE of the pleasant effects of the intro
duction of the free postal delivery system il
Montpelier is the resulting increase in post
age required to be affixed to drop letters
Each drop letter now requires a two-cent
stamp, whether it be for delivery by carrier
or through box in the post-of1ice according
to the old way; and if the full rate is no
prepaid by the sender the deficiency will in
variably be collected from the receiver.
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